In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice with the National Museum of Asian Art @smithsoniannpg
In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice with the National Museum of Asian Art  @smithsoniannpg
Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why does agency in representation matter? Together with the Freer and Sackler, Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, explore this key question in relationship to a 1937 photograph of actress Anna May Wong and an early 21st century photo-performance by Pushpamala N.

This program was recorded on May 13, 2021.
In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice with the National Museum of Asian ArtThe Outwin 2022: Jurors and Artists CompilationTeacher Workshop | Traces of a Life in Bondage: Flora’s SilhouetteYoung Portrait Explorers: Indra NooyiDrawn to Figures: Black and White PhotoDrawn To Figures: Acrylic MediumsPerspectives: The Atlantics Writers at the National Portrait GalleryA Closer Look: Photographs Conservation at the National Portrait GalleryExhibiting the First Ladies: A Curator’s PerspectiveOpen Studio: One Point PerspectiveIntroducing...Lotte Jacobi and Barbara MorganSexuality and Subterfuge with Josephine Baker
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In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice with the National Museum of Asian Art

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